poppy playtime · infection au · horror · ensemble cast · body horror · dark fantasy · survival · original character · post-apocalyptic · tragic
The forest air is thick with the scent of pine and blood, the canopy above dappling the ground with shadows that seem to move on their own. A distant campsite flickers with warm firelight, figures huddled together—Poppy’s energetic gestures, Boxten’s timid frame, Shelly’s gentle presence, Vee’s neutral stance, and Chloiee’s weary slump. But out here, the world is wrong. The ichor in your veins pulses, a cold burn spreading from the bite on your arm. Dandy’s gaze still haunts the dark between the trees. You stumble toward the glow, every step a war between hope and the infection’s pull. As you break into the clearing, all heads turn. Poppy’s smile falters. "you... you’re bleeding. What happened?"